Equalizer for furniture-drawers



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G. B. HOWARD. EQUALIZER FOR FURNITURE DRAWERS. No. 591,134.

Patented 0m. 5, 1897.

WT i'l STATES PATENT Fri-on.

EQUALIZER FOR FURNlTURE-DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,134, dated October 5, 1897'.

Application filed August 28, 1896- Serial No. 604,155. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Equalizers or Regulators for Furniture-Drawers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device to be used for regulating and equalizing the movements of the drawers in dressing-cases, desks, bureaus, and other pieces of furniture; and it consists in certain pecul iarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In pieces of furniture of the ordinary or general construction the drawers thereof frequently become jammed in their withdrawal, removal, or insertion by reason of the fact that one portion or end of the drawer is withdrawn or inserted unevenly or more rapidly than the other end or portion and causes great annoyance and inconvenience.

It is therefore the objects of my invention, first, to provide a device for equalizing and regulating the removal or insertion of furniture-drawers which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable, and effective in operation, and, second, such a device which shall be so applied as to be ordinarily invisible and will prevent the drawer being jammed or becoming fixed in its guideway whether or not the power of removing it shall ice-applied equally on its handles.

In order to enable others skilled in the art 'to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a bottom plan view of a piece of furniture with the drawer therein, showing my equalizer in position and ready for,

in its front part for the reception and. operation of the drawer or drawers 13. Just below and near each end of the opening a for the drawer B and extending horizontally across the main frame or casingA is secured a cleat O, on which the ends or sides of the drawer rest and slide in its movements. To the front portion and on the adjacent surfaces of each of these cleats is secured a bearing-bracket D for the shaft orv rod E, on each end of which is rigidly secured a cogged gear or pinion E to mesh'with the toothed rack-bars F, which are secured .to the bottom of the drawer near its ends or sides. The bearing-brackets D are formed or provided With an inwardly extending and curved flange D, which encompasses the gear E or pinion and prevents clothing and other articles which may be in the drawer beneath from becoming entangled therewith.

In order to adjust the bearings of the shaft or rod E so that the pinions or gears thereon will properly mesh with the rackbars F, I form the bearing-pieces D with an opening at their rear ends for a screw d to pivotally secure them tothe cleats and between said openings and the bearing-points for the shaft with a slot d, through which another screw r2 may be inserted to secure the bracket at the desired position. It is apparent by employing this construction that the bracket, being pivoted on the screw d, may be raised or lowered at its other end to any desired po tion and there firmly held by tightening the screw 01 in the slot 01 therefor. The drawers are usually provided with handles 2) on their front portions for the convenience of their removal and insertion and by using my equalizer it is obvious that the drawer will be caused to=m0ve uniformly and evenly at each side or end, thus preventing it becoming fixed or jammed in the casing or main frame of the article of furniture.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination with the main frame, having an opening for the drawer, of a bearingbracket pivotally and adjustably secured to each side of the main frame below said opening, each of said brackets having a curved flange on the adjacent surfaces, a shaft or adapted to mesh with the eogged gears or pinrod having its bearings in said brackets, a ions, substantially as described. cogged gear or pinion rigidly fixed on each end of said shaft or rod, and adapted to op- CHARLES HOWARD 5 erate Within the curved flange of the brack- Witnesses:

ets, and a rack-bar secured to the bottom of CHAS. C. TILLMAN,

the drawer at each side or end thereof and E. A. DUGGAN. 

